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Fiction writer shares one last story
What is this? This is the beginning of a story. A story about Truman State University, a story of real people, a work of fiction. A short story from the brain of a person with […]
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End of Semester Hallucinations
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. I woke up on the plains, the grass up to my hips, wearing a dress I had never seen. It […]
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Breaking Up with a Demon
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. “Why are you looking at me like that?” he asked her. She still hadn’t let him into the house, and […]
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“Anger? ‘Tis safe never. Bar it! Use love.”
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. You know how some people have things they just really love? Like the guy from “Looking For Alaska” who loves […]
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A Modern Mesozoic
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When I first saw her, she was standing outside in the middle of a snowstorm — arms out, head thrown […]
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Diary of a Girl
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Nov. 2 “Okay, so based on the way these sticks here are broken next to this pattern in the dirt […]
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Compassion, Beauty & Honesty
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When she finished telling him the tragic story of her life— with the names of every person changed, even her […]
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Move-in Day
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When Asher and Noah Brown decided to move out of their parents’ house and get one of their own, the […]
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Chaos and Calm
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Two sisters stood on the doorstep of their childhood home, fully grown and only partially ready to depart. They had […]
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The Myth of the Flowers
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Once upon a time, Demeter saw her first rainbow. The colors burst across the sky, blending and dancing above her. […]
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Don’t Do Drugs
This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. The man walked onto the stage with a stiff sort of respectability. He was old, at least 80, and his […]
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The final installment of Inktober
The Inktober prompts that inspired this piece were buddy, hide, music, float, shoes, ominous and crawl. Tasha slinked along the side of the space station’s central corridor. Her black t-shirt and leggings stood out sharply […]